Motorcycle crash slows traffic near Nellis and Harmon

A motorcyclist was hospitalized Wednesday after a crash that is slowing traffic near the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas police said.

By CASSANDRA TALOMA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

November 19, 2014 - 3:35 pm

Las Vegas police investigate an accident where a motorcyclist was hospitalized after colliding with another vehicle near Nellis Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police respond to a crash involving a moped and a car near Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, near Nellis Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The motorcyclist, who suffered substantial injuries, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A man observes the scene as Las Vegas police respond to a crash involving a moped and a car near Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, near Nellis Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The motorcyclist, who suffered substantial injuries, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police respond to a crash involving a moped and a car near Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, near Nellis Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The motorcyclist, who suffered substantial injuries, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Two people comfort one another as Las Vegas police respond to a crash involving a moped and a car near Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, near Nellis Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The motorcyclist, who suffered substantial injuries, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police respond to a crash involving a moped and a car near Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, near Nellis Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The motorcyclist, who suffered substantial injuries, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas police respond to a crash involving a moped and a car near Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, near Nellis Boulevard, in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The motorcyclist, who suffered substantial injuries, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A motorcyclist was hospitalized Wednesday after a crash that is slowing traffic near the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas police said.

The motorcycle and a vehicle collided about 1:15 p.m. at Harmon Avenue and Pancho Villa Drive, just north of Harmon and Nellis, police said.

The motorcyclist was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Police said the motorcyclist suffered substantial injuries.